Washing-machine



(Model.)

W. 'I'. WILLIAMS.

WASHING MACHINE.

`1\To.266,943.` Patented Oct. 31, 1882.

N, PETKRS. Pnomumagmpnur, wanhingin. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. WILLIAMS, OF SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

WASHING-MAci-IINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of lLetters Patent No. 266,943, dated October 31, 1882, Appiicauon filed August 19, 1882. (Model.)

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. WILLIAMS, ofShenandoah, in the county of Page, and in the State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing -Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specilication.

This invention relates to certain improvements in washing-machines of that class in tain by the means illustrated in the accom panyingdrawing, in which is represented a vertical sectional View ofV my improved machine, the rubber being represented in an elevated position by dotted lilies.

The letter A indicates a water-tight vessel, constructed of wood or other suitable material. The said vessel has a flat bottom, which is provided with cleats B, as indicated; or the said bottom may be constructed ot'corrugated metal, if desired.

The letter C indicates the rubber, which is constructed of two segmental side pieces, connected at their lower edges by means of the rubbing-slats D, and provided with handles E, passing through slots in the cover F and connected at their outer ends by means of a cross-bar, G. The said side pieces are pivoted to the swinging bars H, which are pivoted to the inside ofthe vessel A, near one side, as indicated by the letter 1, in such manner as to form bearings on which the rubber may be oscillated when in position within the vessel, so as to rub the clothes against the corrugated bottom. The handles are notched or recessed,

as indicated by the letter K, and the cover is loosely litt-ed to the top ot' the vessel and pivoted to the 'oars L, which are pivoted to opposite sides ofthe machine at M in such manner that the said cover may be swung back to a vertical position against the side ot' the vessel, as indicated in dotted lines in the drawing. When in this position the upper edges of the -slots in the top,`through which the handles of the rubber pass, drop into the notches in the said handles and lock and hold the parts, so as to hold the rubberelevated out of the tub. The parts are brought into this position by draw- .ing the handles upward and backward until they assumea horizontal position, the top dropping automatically into the recesses or notches.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination, with the rubber pivoted to the bars pivoted within the machine, and provided with notched handles, ofthe slotted shitting top through which thehandles pass, secured to the vessel by pivoted rods, and adapted to interlock the handles when the rubber is elevated and the said top thrown back, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof l aix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 31st day of July, 1882.

WILLIAM T. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

W. N. WILLIAMSON, I. B. HAMILTON. 

